The Knowledge Sociology Of Zhang Dongsun As A Way To Research Chinese Philosophy

The knowledge sociology of Zhang Dongsun is a unique theory in the history of modern Chinese Philosophy.Because there are many kinds of thoeries about the ways to explain the ancient Chinese Philosophy and the reasons to analyse it among the modern Chinese philosophers and philosophy scholars. Zhang Dongsun using his theory to analyse and restructure Chinese Philosophy get rid of the priori influence from western philosophy in the development of Chinese Philosophy, and builds more angles including the structure of Knowledge and the causality among politics culture and philosophy to study Chinese philosophy. It helps other scholars recognize some new dimensions to arrange the inner composition and the characters of Chinese Philosophy, which can be regarded as a big breakthrough in the fields of Chinese Philosophy. Although the theory of Zhang absorbs many new trends of philosophy in the world, and open a new region in Chinese Philosophy, the theory itself still has shortcomings and limits, including lacking in valid of theoretical framework. The theory of Zhang doesn’t last long in the history of Chinese Philosophy, but truly makes some progress. This essay focuses on Chinese Philosophy in the framework of Knowledge Sociology of Zhang Dongsun, and evaluates the progress and limits.